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Metaplanet Inc announced a gratis allotment of its 11th series of stock acquisition rights to all common shareholders during the company’s board of directors meeting.
The <a href="https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/33500/75578459/4d70/444f/8f5b/87ba4dd41348/140120240806563226.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">decision</a> was made to raise approximately 10 billion Japanese yen worth around $69.13 million, with 8.5 billion yen worth $58.76 million set for investment in Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price">BTC</a>).
All common shareholders will receive the stock acquisition rights as of Sept. 5, with the allotment effective from Sept. 6 onward. 
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaplanet-semler-scientific-praise-microstrategy-bitcoin-strategy">Metaplanet, Semler Scientific were ‘zombie companies’ until Bitcoin, execs say</a>
<h2 id="58-76-million-btc-investment">$58.76-million BTC investment</h2>
The firm’s decision to invest most of the raised funds in BTC is based on the long-term appreciation of the assets and the ability to hedge against currency depreciation.
The Japanese stock market recently faced its worst one-day drop since 1987, when the Bank of Japan <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/how-the-yen-carry-trade-wiped-out-crypto">raised rates on short-term government bonds on July 31</a>. 
The shift from 0% to 0.25% set off a chain of events that resulted in a huge sell-off of cryptocurrencies as BTC and Ether (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price">ETH</a>) witnessed price crashes of around 18 and 26%, respectively.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaplanet-completes-1-billion-yen-bitcoin-purchase">Metaplanet completes Bitcoin buying goal with another $1.2M purchase</a>
<h2 id="metaplanet-crypto-expansion">Metaplanet crypto expansion</h2>
On July 8, the publicly listed investment and consulting firm <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaplanet-japan-buys-dip-bitcoin">purchased $2.5 million of BTC with 400 million yen</a> for a total of 42.5 BTC.
After the purchase, Metaplanet held a total of 203.7 BTC, bought at an average of roughly 10 million yen, or $62,000 per BTC.
The firm announced its entrance into BTC in April, adopting the asset as a treasury asset and purchasing its first holdings for $6.5 million.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/japans-metaplanet-buys-22-bitcoin-as-btc-nears-65k">Metaplanet buys another $1.2M of Bitcoin as price rebounds toward $65K</a>
<h2 id="metaplanet-execs-zombie-companies-pre-btc">Metaplanet execs “zombie companies” pre-BTC</h2>
On July 25 at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Metaplanet and Semler Scientific executives expressed admiration for MicroStrategy’s BTC playbook.
Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet, explained that his firm was beginning to show characteristics associated with zombie companies before strategically pivoting into BTC.
Gerovich said that the firm eventually “realized that Bitcoin is the apex monetary asset” and would make a “great” element for the Japanese investment company’s treasury.
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Japanese firm Metaplanet to invest $58.76M in Bitcoin

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